CVE-2019-5739
mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.049 · 92 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Keep-alive HTTP and HTTPS connections can remain open and inactive for up to 2 minutes in Node.js 6.16.0 and earlier. Node.js 8.0.0 introduced a dedicated server.keepAliveTimeout which defaults to 5 seconds. The behavior in Node.js 6.16.0 and earlier is a potential Denial of Service (DoS) attack vector. Node.js 6.17.0 introduces server.keepAliveTimeout and the 5-second default.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (3)
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references (27)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00041.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00046.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wsscnnvd
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10878584cnnvd
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2019-security-releases/cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5739cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156846/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-202003-48.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48cnnvd
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